SOCIOLOGY First-Year Studies in Sociology: Theory and Practice Ms. Arnold Rita Choudhury x6852 Domestic Violence. Exploring and understanding domestic violence in terms of patriarchy and capitalism; examination of strategies and theories for social change, such as the role of the state and battered women's shelters. Susan Kremser x6478 Puerto Ricans in the US Issues of statehood in Puerto Rico, struggle for Puerto Rican independence in the US, issues of cultural identity and political activism. Shana Lessing x6661 Gender Divisions in Queer Culture. This project explores the formation of distinct gay and lesbian subcultures as independent from one another, and asks the question - why? Sarah McKeon x6478 Women and Social Change. An examination of specific women (sources: autobiographical, biographical) in politics, and their individual and institutional roles in bringing about social change. Laila Mohib x6539 Heroines, Housewives and Feminists. An examination of television and print media's portraval of women in a negative light (feminists as bad and anorexic-looking models as beautiful). Focus on "Oprah and Roseanne" and how they are changing the shape of television. Sahra Perretz-Rosales x6384 Racial Identity For Puerto Ricans in N.Y. An examination of the stigma attached to dark-skinned Puerto Ricans as a result of US racism, and the divergent social paths taken by dark and light skinned Puerto Ricans in the city of N.Y. as a result. Bryna Storch-Woolcock x6660 Schooling in the South Bronx. An examination of bell hook's "Teaching to Transgress" and Jonathan Kozol's works in relation to a community service placement at the Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School in the South Bronx. Rachel Strom x6669 The Maid and Employer Relationship. How this relationship can be understood on a larger scale in terms of race, class, and gender problems; examination of themes of dignity, power, and class. Yumi Tao Inter-Class Relationships and Marriages. An examination of sociological literature on this topic. Claudine Wallace x6515 Women and Race: Issues of Identity. Questions to be explored: What factors contribute to the shaping of a woman's identity? What are the differences and similarities between black and white women's identities? Relationships between black and white women? What does all of this mean in terms of the feminist movement now? Method: Use of historical text, political essays, theses from fiction, public dialogue, interviews. Kelli Wilson x6786 Public vs. Private. The debate about quality and fairness of private schools over public schools. Judith Zaft-Weissman x6549 Theatre Speaking For Self. Issues of identity and the search for self, the struggle to define oneself. Form: A semi-autobiographical play documenting my struggle to find myself and my place in the world. Theorizing About Women: Intersections of Race, Class and Gender Ms. Arnold Donna Alveranga x6910 Girls and Women in Relationships. An exploration of sociological and fictional works about young black girls and women. Focus: relationships with boys and men and societal expectations, gender roles. Lauren Bell Girls and Women's Development. An examination of sociological and psychological literature on female development and identity. Palma Bingle The Demise of the Family Structure. An examination of the family in 20th century American via two sociological studies by Lillian Rubin. How problems of "family" impact the society in detrimental ways. Elizabeth Gray Maya Angelou: The Woman and The Work. An analysis of sociological themes in some of Maya Angelou's work. Ada Gribou 203-975-9535 Puerto Ricans in the U.S.: Issues of Assimilation and Acculturation. An examination of why some Latinas are resistant to assimilation and becoming acculturated in the U.S. - issues of politics, identity and culture. Deirdre Kilkenny 914-779-1936 Children and Social Class. An exploration of issues relating to children of privilege and children of poverty in context of education. Lorrie Lampson 212-255-2856 Women's Belief Systems and Self -Perceptions. Readings by female sociologist and psychologist about women; Lillian Rubin, Carol Gilligan, Jean B. Miller. Focus: White women and issues of feeling of worthlessness. Jo Lawson 914-668-7371 West Indian Women and Immigration Issues. Exploration of issues via sociological/historical material and fictional works of Jamaica Kincaid. Amala Muhammed 914-665-6987 Women Who Kill. An exploration of issues utilizing historical, sociological and interview data. Gisela Roessiger 914-963-6452 Sappho. An analysis of the public and private in Sappho's work, how male writers responded, how Sappho was restricted in her work or not considering the socio-historical period within which she was writing. Jacqueline Vollmer 914-835-4821 The Second Sex. An analysis of the book "The Second Sex" by Simone DeBeauvoir, with reference to sociological aspects and other critiques of the work. Theorizing About Women: Intersections of Race, Class and Gender Ms. Arnold Kathryn Alvarez x6905 A Study of Asian-American Female Voice. Writing as a form of resistance, a source of empowerment and a method of self expression, for Asian-American females. Method of research: interviews and examination of scholarly sources. Fabiola Berdiel x2679 Puerto Rican Political Prisoners. An examination of sociological and autobiographical works about female political prisoners from Puerto Rico. Katherine Brauer 914-776-6076 The Confidence Gap in the Lives of Twenty-Something Women. Twenty-something women, their lack of self-confidence, the acting out of this anxiety and lack of control on their bodies, and the social/societal factors causing this phenomenon. Chelsea Chaffee x6443 Girls and Zines: Issues of Voice and Representation. A sociological study of Zines: Who is writing and publishing them and what are these women saying? Who is reading Zines and how do the readers respond to the work? Luz Chavez Intersections of Ethnicity, Class and Gender: A Sociological Analysis of Literature by U.S. Mexican Women. An exploration of how ethnicity, class and gender intersect and clash for first-generation Mexican women in the U.S. How do these intersections shape the way the women identify themselves and their culture? Saneta DeVuono-Powell x6915 Public Space - Private Space. An examination of women and space, and people of color and space - through historical material, fiction, and sociological works. Laurel Dugan x6552 Being Sick and Healthy. I am exploring the realization of being sick and looking at the difference between women's dreams and actions; confronting fears and finding ways that we heal and change. Phoebe Hanshew x6954 Trash: An Examination of Raced and Classed Whiteness. What place does the category "white trash" have in America, and what does that tell us about race and class? This examination uses the writing of Dorothy Allison and theoretical work on class to understand white trash. Jane Lea x6868 The Course and Treatment of Madness in Women. This paper will explore what in society causes women to escape into madness (socially, mentally, physically repressive situations); and issues of social hierarchy within institutions (beneficial or detrimental). Becky Lee x6361 Chinese Women in America. Historical and sociological exploration of changing roles of Chinese women in the US as related to socio-political and economic issues. Rachael Lowell x6871 Adolescent Girls. An examination of sociological and psychological literature on white and black adolescent girls Casey MacGregor Saving Children. Foster care and its connection to race, class and gender. Why are children removed from homes? What factors could prevent removal? How can "foster-care drift" be diminished? How does society decide what is in the best interest of children? Felicia Martin x6678 Sociological Analysis Through Literature. An examination of two fictional works by women authors; Push and Woman at Point Zero, utilizing the sociological perspective. Focus: Young girls and family life. Elana Pianko x6980 Interfaith Marriages: Can They Work? An examination of interfaith marriage across three generations; why they are considered not to work - especially for couples who desire to have children. Method: interviews and scholarly research. Caya Schaan x6718 Women, Breasts and Breast Feeding. Theoretical discussion of societal portrayal of women's breasts and issues of breast feeding, combined with fieldwork at the Childbearing Center of Morningside Heights. Discussion of social class, race/ethnicity and women who breastfeed. Latin American Social Movements Mr. Popkin Myra Batchelder x6640 Indigenous Social Movements in Latin American Rain Forests. The project focuses on two social movements, the Yanomami Indians and Kayapo Indians in Brazil. These movements are working to help end the destruction of the rain forest. Melina Berkov x6431 U.S. Intervention and the Rise and Fall of the Sandinista Government in Nicaragua. This project examines various components of U.S. involvement in Nicaragua and how the revolutionary process was affected by this involvement. Luz Chavez Massacre in Chenalho: Government Repression and the Rise of Social Movements in Chiapas. This project explores the impact of the Zapatista movement on indigenous peoples in Chiapas and the dynamics of the new grassroots movements arising in the region. The paper will also deconstruct their relationship to the state and the government's reaction in the form of the massacre. Katherine Glover x6543 Homosexual Identitities in Latin America. This project focuses on Mexico, Cuba, and Brazil and examines different roles and identities within the gay community and homosexual liberation movements as well as the issues these movements address in each country. Lucinda Grinnell x6938 Women's Liberation and the Cuban and Nicaraguan Revolutions. This project analyzes why womens' emanicipation was not realized in the Cuban and Nicaraguan revolutions. The project specifically examines this outcome in the context of the importance of women's participation in the revolutionary processes and the eventual "success" of the revolutions. Kia Hall x6490 The Black Liberation Struggle and Cuba. This project addresses the question of why so many of the leaders of the black liberation struggle of the 1960's and 1970's in the US reside in Cuba today. Additionally, the project examines the connection between the Cuban revolution and the ideology associated with black liberation. Christopher Henderson Divine Freedom II: A comparison of the Lavalas in Haiti and Rastafari Movement in Jamaica. This project focuses on the interaction of these movements with the state and the religious character of both movements. Jane Lea x6868 The Mothers Movements in Brazil and Mexico. This project examines these movements with an emphasis on the role of the church and class dynamics on the growth of these movements. Additionally, the project assesses the relevance of the analytic categories feminine/feminist for understanding the work of these movements. Peter Liebenthal x6392 Internship at Hostos School in Yonkers. This project involved a write-up of experiences associated with weekly internship in teaching English to Latino youth in Yonkers. Mara Lea Lutino x6423 Brazil: The Economics of the Landless Movement. This project examines the economic and political history that has led to the emergence of the landless movement in Brazil with particular emphasis on the effect of globalization. Qiana Mestrich x2450 The Historical Construction of Race and the Rise of Black Consciousness in Brazil. This project examines the construction of race within Brazilian society beginning with the slave trade and the multiple expressions black consciousness has taken in the country. Sahra Perretz-Rosales x6384 The Significance of Cultural and Artistic Expression in New Latin American Social Movements. This project examines different forms of expression used by various social movements and assesses the relevance of these forms of expression to the goals of the movements. Janine Schall-Emden x6885 The Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade. This project examines the literacy crusade implemented by the Sandinista government. Specifically, the project assesses the importance of the crusade to the goals of the revolution and examines the relevance of Paulo Freire's work on conscientization to the method used in the campaign. Karyn Starr After the Zapatista Uprising in 1994. This project examines the grassroots groups and land cooperatives that have emerged in Chiapas since the Zapatista uprising. Additionally, the project explores the impact of Nafta and the repeal of article 27 of the Mexican constitution on the growth of these social movements. Maisha Williams x6758 The Uses of Appropriate Technology Among the Poor in Latin America. This project addresses the question of how appropriate technology can be most effectively utilized in Latin America. Contemporary Immigration Mr. Popkin Anna Albien x6849 Undocumented Immigration Farm Work, and Union Organizing in California. This project Examines the role that undocumented immigration from Mexico plays in the economy of California. Specifically, the project focuses on the work conditions of farm labor and related grassroots organizing campaigns. Janet Austin 718-596-5281 Shifts in Nativism in California - Focus on Operation Wetback and Proposition '87. This project contrasts the backlash against Mexican immigrants during the Bracero program with the anti-immigrant climate in California during the time of proposition '87. The analysis focuses on differences in the socio-economic structure in California during these times. Kate Bessey x6939 The Militarization of the U.S. - Mexico Border. This project explores both the motives behind and nature of the militarization of the border region. One focus of the project concerns the relationship between border militarization and contemporary immigration policy. Tammy Burch x6515 Hostos School Mentoring Program in Yonkers. This project involves the uniting of a journal with entries based on field experience teaching English to children and class readings focusing on immigrant adaptation. Molly Delano x6505 Welfare Reform and Immigrant Responses: Transformations of the Dominican community in Washington Heights. By conducting a multitude of interviews with various community organizations, welfare assistance groups, doctors, and community activists, the project examines how Dominicans are impacted by and responding to the end of welfare. Denise Evgenikos "Whose Way is the American Way?" This project compares American nativism in the early 20th century and the post 1965 "new" immigration period. Sara Greer x6542 Nativism: Its Origins and Recent Resurrection. This project examines the nativist content of US immigration legislation and considers the extent to which the arguments used to restrict immigration have changed. Ariela Herzog x6837 The Films of Gregory Nava: El Norte and Mi Familia and the World of Central American Immigrants. This project considers various facets of the undocumented immigrant experience in both Nava's films and class readings. Monica Judge x6585 Latin American Women Immigrants: The Complexities of Adaptation to the US. This project considers various facets of the adaptation experience include incorporation into the labor market, mothering, and language issues. Field notes from weekly tutoring of English to Latina women at Highbridge community life center in the Bronx will be incorporated into the paper. Maria Morgan x6586 Cuban-Americans in Miami. This project examines the evolution and development of the Cuban enclave in Miami and possible migration trends from Cuba to the U.S. in the future. Bianca Reis x6831 Brazilian Immigrants in New York. This project examines the Brazilian experience in New York with an emphasis on race and gender relations. Ana Shoemaker x6492 The Immigration and Naturalization Service and a Bureaucracy. This project explores a number of the legal policies of the I.N.S. and other "Qualified Designated Entities" that have the effect of impeding the efforts of undocumented immigrants to obtain legal status. AIDS In Society Mr. Elbaz Stephanie Born x6774 Federal Ban on Needle Exchange Programs. An examination of the Federal ban on needle exchange programs...concentrating on how effective such programs are as a means of harm reduction and the social biases leading to the federal ban. Brooke DeBlois x6434 Pharmaceutical Companies and the Commodification of Health. Exploration of the economy of pharmaceutical companies and their relationships with United States government, focusing mainly on AZT. Sonam Dukpa x6782 I'll be looking at women with AIDS in India. Particularly female sex workers. I will focus on the influence of the political, social and cultural context on treatment and prevention among sex workers in the realm of AIDS/HIV. Julia Kenny x6845 A study of AIDS Activists' Impact / Control of the Media. A study of the media's reaction to AIDS and the ways in which activists have used their control over the media to change perceptions about AIDS. Also, a study of the way in which activists have become active members of the media rather than passive recipients. Paige McCollum x6753 AIDS Related Travel Restriction in the US, The ban on immigrants testing HIV-positive raises many questions about the US government's attention to the latest medical findings about AIDS as well as personal privacy and human rights. My paper attempts to put all these questions into perspective. Heather Minton x6708 Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: The Need of Medical Attention in Women with HIV/AIDS. Cervical cancer in women with AIDS has been long overlooked by the medical community. I will focus on regular gynecological exams as prevention of CIN and the current clinical trials being conducted with the oral isotretinoin drug. Ona Mirkinson x6716 Prevention Education in San Francisco. By examining a few prevention education models I hope to show that programs allowed in the school system. Why are some more relevant than others: How does race, class and gender play a part in the youth prevention modes ? Kelly Powers x6368 Repossessing Our Bodies. A thorough examination of the history of medical/social treatment of women in the nineteenth century concerning venereal disease. This information is then compared to the medical social treatment of women with HIV/AIDS at the onset of the epidemic and today. Jeffrey Walker x6820 Animal Rights in AIDS Research. An examination of the use of "animal models" in researching AIDS drugs and therapies, considering the scientific and political issues involved. The paper considers professional and popular literature. AIDS In Society Mr. Elbaz Leah Ahn AIDS: A pandemic of African-American and Latino Women. Research accessibility and quality of health treatment for black and Latino women and explore the variables which contribute to the rising number of HIV/AIDS in these two already marginalized groups. Jenna Braverman x6879 Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials In Developing Countries. Willow Duttge x6635 IV Drug Users, The Media, and Health Care. I am studying the effects of the media's negative perception and representation of IV drug users on their ability to find health care. Karen Greenberg x6797 Mandatory HIV Testing for Pregnant Women. I will be furthering my exploration of mandatory HIV testing for pregnant women and newborns looking at medical, legal, ethical, and society issues. Jessica Joy x6419 AIDS in American Movies (1990 -1997). My research argues that the movies being made involving AIDS can be a good tool to connect AIDS issues with society, communicating with the public through the truths and myths which are woven together in the stories the movies tell. Metha Klock x6741 Lesbians and Their Risks for Contracting HIV. Lesbians' risk for contracting HIV not only through expected behavioral variables but also through the behavioral variables that affect sexual identification. Emily Reinhardt x6419 Sexuality Education in Schools. The political, social and educational debate over sexuality education in schools. Sara Richardson x6676 Nutritional Needs of and Therapies for AIDS Patients. Comparison of nutritional needs of PWAS with people without AIDS: what are the changes in the body and what can a knowledge of nutrition do to ease/extend the lives of PWAs. Ava Shansky x6815 Should Marijuana be Legal for HIV/AIDS Patients? The paper gives updates on the laws etc. as well as explaining the sides for and against the legalization. I also formulate my own opinion and explain it. I try to show that the issue is not as black and white as one may assume.